The apocalyptic livestream attracted a lot of haters, alarming the government.

Miss Tang? Is she the Xiao Lian that Boss Tang mentioned?

The one he saw the night before?

Ye Xiao was quite bothered by the slightly affectionate way Dr. Liao and Boss Tang addressed him.

At this moment, Dr. Liao had already stopped at the innermost position, in front of the cubicle belonging to Miss Tang. He lifted the hanging curtain and said to the person inside:

"Miss Tang, your health has recovered. The boss has assigned you a breeding partner, a very young and handsome young man."

There was no other sound coming from inside. Dr. Liao looked at Ye Xiao with a slightly embarrassed and helpless expression, gesturing for him to come over.

Ye Xiao felt no tension, only irritability, especially from the gloating comments in the live stream.

[Makka Pakka: Xiao Ge is silent, Xiao Ge is helpless]

[A Fisherman's Spring: Having to Go on Blind Dates at Such a Young Age, How Miserable]

[Three Foxes: Brother Xiao, go see if she's pretty.]

[SilverMoon315: Lighting a candle for you!]

[The Heart of Isaac: I thought the body shape was alright last time I saw it]

……

Tsk, you guys are so curious, why don't you go check it out!

While inwardly grumbling, Ye Xiao slowly walked towards the last cubicle.

He planned to use feigned resistance and delaying tactics, since if he resisted too obviously, the ghost would definitely report it to Boss Tang.

He arrived at the last cubicle, where a light was on, illuminating the small space. A woman, about his age, sat on the bed.

"Why don't you two chat? Let's get to know each other first?"

A voice came from behind, and then Ye Xiao was pushed inside.

Ye Xiao stumbled into the cubicle, turned around, and saw that the curtain behind him had already been drawn.

Frustrated and irritated, he turned to look at the woman on the bed.

A dim, yellowish light shone on the bedside table, illuminating the woman's face.

She was wearing a nightgown and sat quietly on the edge of the bed.

She had a pretty face, a slender body, and hair that fell to her shoulders.

The comments section was full of teasing, saying he was very lucky with women, but Ye Xiao was in no mood for it at all.

The initial irritation had now turned into a slight throbbing pain in my heart.

In his mind, a girl in her early twenties should be beautiful, fashionable, and full of confidence and vitality.

It should exude a bright and radiant aura.

But the woman before him, despite her appearance, had eyes that seemed like those of a weathered old woman, like a stagnant pool of water that could not be stirred by any ripples.

Dark, ashen, decaying, hopeless, and numb!

She is withering, she is fading away!

She sat on the bed, staring at him unfocused, which made Ye Xiao feel indescribably uncomfortable.

I have to say something!

Ye Xiao told himself that if he didn't say something, he felt like he was suffocating.

"Hello, my name is Ye Xiao, and your name is Tang Lian?"

Ye Xiao felt somewhat dejected; it was a terrible self-introduction.

The woman nodded almost imperceptibly, still without saying a word.

Ye Xiao stood to one side, not getting close, not wanting to cause the other person any discomfort or pressure; she was already pitiful enough.

Ye Xiao peeked through the crack in the curtain. Dr. Liao had already left. He exhaled and whispered:

"Don't be afraid, I won't do anything. Don't pay any attention to that beast Dr. Liao. I'll figure out a way to get through this."

Tang Lian continued to look at him quietly without saying a word.

Ye Xiao stood there somewhat awkwardly. To be honest, Ye Xiao wasn't very good at chatting with girls. In the past, it was always the girls who surrounded him and chattered away, but he had never taken the initiative to talk to them.

What to talk about? Ye Xiao couldn't think of anything to say for a moment. Should they talk about girls?

Putting aside whether he understands it or not, the woman in front of him wouldn't be interested either.

After hesitating for a while, Ye Xiao felt that he could only talk about this, about themselves, and perhaps he could make her lower her guard and ask more questions.

Feeling uncomfortable standing, Ye Xiao picked up a low stool from the side and placed it at the foot of the bed, then quietly asked Tang Lian:

"Miss Tang, if you don't mind, may I ask how long you've been here?"

He originally thought that the other party would remain silent, but unexpectedly, he heard a slightly hoarse female voice.

"I don't remember, it's been there from the beginning."

It's been there from the very beginning? Then it must have been around five or six years ago.

So long? Was she among the first batch to arrive?

Suddenly, a question that had been lingering in his mind came to mind, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Um, Miss Tang Lian, if I may ask again, what is your relationship with the boss?"

Her dull, gray eyes turned toward Ye Xiao, and her tightly pursed lips suddenly twitched, as if in utter mockery.

"Before, she was a daughter; later, she was a bastard child who was proven to have no blood relation to him, a tool for venting his desires; now, she's probably just a breeding tool, haha!"

That self-deprecating chuckle made Ye Xiao choke and unable to speak.

Seeing Ye Xiao suddenly fall silent and stare blankly at her, Tang Lian suddenly gave him a smile, a smile that was uglier than crying, a smile full of sarcasm.

“You seem inexperienced. Do you want me to teach you? When I was 16, that beast made his move. I got pregnant with his stillborn child, a deformed stillborn child.”

"The second time, it was also a stillborn baby with deformities. Later, he found a new one. He felt that our genes were bad and couldn't accept his strong genes."

"This is my third time. Don't worry, I'm very experienced now, haha!"

Tang Lian's voice rang out in the cubicle without any inflection. Her numb eyes seemed to have no emotion at all, only the muscles at the corners of her mouth twitched, mocking and powerless.

It's like deliberately tearing open your own bloody wound and then brutally dissecting it in front of your eyes, torturing yourself.

Ye Xiao sat silently and blankly on the low stool, his heart feeling as if it were being tightly gripped by a large hand, a strong sense of restraint and dull pain. He felt a churning in his stomach.

The chat room fell silent. The previously noisy chat stopped for a moment, as if some kind of bug had occurred.

[Three Foxes: I'm sorry, I acted like an animal.]

[The Heart of Isaac: Sorry, I had a foul mouth!]

……

Everyone lost their sense of humor, and the atmosphere instantly became heavy and suffocating.

Ye Xiao lowered his head, his hands clenched tightly together, and he forced out a few words through his teeth.

"Damn it, that beast!"

He looked up and apologized repeatedly, feeling guilty.

"I'm sorry, I haven't been here long and I don't know much about this place. I was hoping to ask around more..."

"sorry Sorry!"

Tang Lian stared blankly at the young man in front of her, who was apologizing incessantly and whose eyes were red. Ye Xiao's reaction was completely unexpected.

She found it hard to believe that such things as conscience still existed in this world.

Suddenly, she raised her hand somewhat blankly and touched the wetness on her cheek.

A glistening drop of water clung to her fingertip. Tang Lian was somewhat dazed, staring blankly at the teardrop that seemed not to belong to her.

However, Ye Xiao's gaze was drawn to Tang Lian's palm.

There was a bright red, unhealed scar there.